Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 7th October 1996.
(2) Regulations 2 to 32 of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 7th October 1996 which applies in his case and for this purpose and in regulation 27 the expressions “benefit week” and “claimant” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation).
(3) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1).
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146, 274 and 318, S.R. 1989 Nos. 139, 249 and 395, S.R. 1990 Nos. 131 and 213, S.R. 1991 No. 338, S.R. 1992 Nos. 6 and 147, S.R. 1993 Nos. 149 and 373 and S.R. 1995 Nos. 67, 71, 301, 367 and 434